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Bargrave, Isaac

, dean of Canterbury, was the
sixth son of Robert Bargrave, of Bridge, in Kent, esq. by
Joan, the daughter or John Gilbert, of Sandwich, esq. and
was born in 1586. He was entered early at Clare-hall,
in Cambridge, of which society he was probably a fellow,
where he took his degrees in arts. He was incorporated
M. A. at Oxford, in 16*11, and in 1612 he undertook the
office of taxor in the university of Cambridge. In March
1614-15, when king James visited Cambridge, Bargrave
was one of those who performed a part in the celebrated
comedy of “Ignoramus,” written by Ruggle, his fellowcollegian, in order to entertain his majesty. He was at
this time a beneficed clergyman, having been inducted to
the rectory of Eythorne, in Kent, in October preceding.
He became soon afterwards minister of St. Margaret’s,
Westminster, and chaplain to Charles prince of Wales,
whom he served in the same quality after his accession to
the throne. In his church of St. Margaret’s, he often
preached before the house of commons, and with much approbation. In 1622, at which time he was D. D. he was
promoted by the crown to the fifth prebend in the church
of Canterbury. In Feb. 1623, in a sermon before the
house of commons, he inveighed with honest warmth
against the influence of popery, bad counsellors, and corruption, which displeased king James, but CharlesI. soon
after his accession, nominated him to the deanery of Canterbury. Other promotions followed, some of which he
exchanged, and in 1629 he was commissioned by archbishop Abbot, together with archdeacon Kingsley, to enforce the instructions from the king concerning the regularity of lecturers in the diocese, and the due attendance
at divine worship. When the rebellion broke out, he
shared the sufferings of the rest of the loyal clergy, and,
jn 1641 was fined a thousand pounds by the house of
commons, for being a member of a convocation of the
| clergy in the preceding year. In 1642, when the parliamentary colonel Sandys came to Canterbury, he and
his troops treated the dean and his family with the most
brutal behaviour, without regard to age or sex his son
was then sent prisoner to Dover, and himself to the Fleet
prison, London. It does not appear, however, that the
dean was either examined or called before the house, nor
did his confinement last above three weeks, yet what he
bad suffered so much affected him, that he died in January following, (1643). It is worthy of notice, although
shocking to relate, that this Sandys owed his escape from
an* ignominious death, when he was indicted at Maidstone
for a rape, to the interest of dean Bargrave. The dean
had been a great traveller, and his connexions ii> foreign
countries were such as prove his discernment as well as
testify his merit. He attended sir Henry Wotton in one
of his embassies, as his chaplain, and sir Henry appointed
him one of the supervisors of his will, with a legacy of
books: during his residence at Venice, he enjoyed the
intimate acquaintance of the celebrated father Paul, who
once said to him that he thought the hierarchy of the
church of England the most excellent piece of discipline
in the whole Christian world. Bargrave was a firm defender of our civil and religious rights. He published
only three sermons, printed at London in 1624 and 1627.
He was interred in the dean’s chapel, Canterbury, and a
monument was erected in the same place by Dr. John Bargrave, in 1679. 1

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